Free High Schools for Rural Pupils

The sexual health of pupils in years 4 to 6 of primary schools in rural Tanzania.

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES There is an urgent need for effective interventions to improve the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents. Reliable data on the sexual health of adolescents are needed to guide the development of such interventions. The aim was to describe the sexual health of pupils in years 4 to 6 of 121 rural primary schools in north western Tanzania, before the implementation of...

Student Characteristics and Motivation in Rural High Schools

This research tested a path model for how rural high school students’ self-perceptions and environmental perceptions influence their course-related interest, school engagement, and ultimately, post-graduation intentions. Participants were 414 students in all four grades, in 10 rural, public high schools. Correlation and path analyses (in LISREL 8.58) were utilized to identify significant paths ...

School Leavers into Nursing: a Study of High Academic Achieving School Pupils in Scottish Schools

Adolescent alcohol use in rural South African high schools.

OBJECTIVE To examine psychosocial correlates of lifetime alcohol use among adolescents in rural South African high schools. METHOD Questionnaires were administered to 1600 students from 20 randomly selected high schools in the Mankweng district within Limpopo province. Self-report data on alcohol use, demographic, environmental and psychosocial variables were collected. RESULTS About 22% of...

Chromosome abnormalities in pupils attending ESN/M schools.

One hundred and sixty six children attending educationally subnormal/mild (ESN/M) schools were karyotyped as part of a project investigating the aetiology of mild mental retardation. Nine had significant chromosome abnormalities. Five of six children identified during the survey had no dysmorphic features--47,XXY (two), 48,XXYY, 46,XX 15q-, and 46,XX,t(X;19). One dysmorphic boy had a balanced t...